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DRK Resume

Summary

Enthusiastic, versatile web designer and content writer with proven ability to design, build, and write web sites that are user-friendly, attractive, and consistent in layout and design. Transform creative concepts into online reality within established deadlines. Proficient in CSS, HTML, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver. Possess knowledge of W3C standards, information design, typography, and photo optimization. Create graphic art that accurately reflects organization's branding and mission. Fifteen years' experience writing web, technical, and marketing content.

Recognized for:

• commitment to excellence
• superior organizational and project coordination skills
• excellent initiative and follow-through policy
• strong attention to detail
• being team player

Key Skills (in order of proficiency)

Key Accomplishments

• Built commercial web sites for salon products (featuring 12 product lines) and addiction treatment center. Helped design, troubleshoot, and edit sites for union real-estate services, custom window treatments, and others.
  Exclusive Salon Products; WellStep Atlanta; Union Home Services; Apex Shades
• Designed over 50 advertisements for online directory service.
  Sample Ads
• Designed, built, and wrote/edited content for Snohomish County 2008 presidential campaign site. Site provides time-sensitive caucus, convention, and volunteer information for candidate's 4,000 county delegates.
  Snohomish County for Obama
• Designed, built, and maintain non-profit web site for Windstar John Denver Peace Cloth Connection, affiliated with the Windstar Foundation environmental educational organization. Site includes online PayPal™ store.
  Windstar John Denver Peace Cloth Organization
• Designed, built, and maintain two web sites for U.S. nationally ranked figure skaters linked to high-visibility Figure Skaters Online umbrella site. Sites provide biographies, event news, competition results, photo galleries, and contact forms. Both sites had a combined total of 8,800 visitors over the past year.
  Parker Pennington Online; Katz & Lynch Online
• Built, designed, and maintain extensive web site (72 pages) for large Pacific Northwest film fan group. Maintain site galleries of nearly 900 photos and fan art submissions. Designed and built companion site to promote parody video produced by film fan group.
  NorthWesternesse; Journey to Microdor
• Wrote scientific content for web site used in fund-raising effort for leading-edge biotechnical research organization (30 pages).
• Coordinated and executed multi-document releases according to aggressive schedule, including one software documentation project involving 8 writers and 29 documents. Member of multiple project and product teams. Served as training coordinator for writing group of 18.

Work History

8/05-Present	Web Designer (freelance) - commercial and non-profit web sites. Web World Online, Cornelson Design, non-profits, pro-bono
3/03-7/05	Writer (freelance) - web content, patient ed brochures, articles, press releases. Nexura CancerFacts.com, Neurological Associates of Washington, other
8/02-10/02	Contract Science Writer - web content for biotech web site. Institute for Systems Biology - Seattle, WA
1/99-8/01	Senior Lead Technical Writer - users guides, reference guides, product specs, quick ref cards, software interface requirements, training materials. Marconi MSI - Bellevue, WA Super Star Award for "help and thoroughness with Ceer training materials"
5/97-10/98	Contract Technical Writer - user guides. Duet Technologies - Bellevue, WA; AT&T Wireless - Kirkland, WA
10/89-5/97	Technical Writer/Editor - user guides, software guides, tech specs, product data sheets. SpaceLabs Medical - Redmond, WA; AG Communication Systems - Phoenix, AZ
10/87-8/89	Telecommunications Writer - newsletters, brochures, service guides, annual reports. American Express - Phoenix, AZ

Education

• Web Design and Development
  Completed courses in Photoshop CS2/CS3, Illustrator CS2, CSS, Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX 2004, Flash Action Script, InDesign CS2, PHP, JavaScript Modification, and Web Content Design
  LVS Online and Bellevue Community College - 2004 through 2008
• Science and Technical Writing Certificate; Science News Writing
  Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA - 2004
  University of Washington, Seattle, WA - 2001
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and Psychology
  Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia
  Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Beta Phi, Dean's List, Graduated with High Distinction

Comments

• "Debbie is somewhat unique in that she has strong skills in all three areas that are key to Web design - UI/graphic design, technical, and content. She knows how to design a web site that meets the client's goals and customer needs. She's smart and learns quickly. She's conscientious and meets deadlines. She writes well, can organize information appropriately, and is very good at researching information." - Claudia Mazzie-Ballheim, Web Design Consultant
• "We had an idea in our heads of what we wanted for the Peace Cloth site, but weren't sure how to make it happen. With just a short conversation, Debbie understood our vision and turned it into reality." - Cheryl Fritz, Windstar John Denver Peace Cloth Connection

Samples and References

• Web site, graphic, and writing samples are available at www.drkdesign.com.
• References available upon request.